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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
558 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD...
  Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD...
  Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD...
  Chester River to Queenstown MD...
  Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...
  Eastern Bay...
  Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor...
  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...

* Until 800 AM EDT.

* At 557 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Rock Hall to near Naval Academy to 6 nm northeast of
  National Harbor, moving east at 55 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
           suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.

* Locations impacted include...
  Choptank River, Magothy River, Blackwalnut Point, Herring Bay,
  Sandy Point State Park, Bloody Point Light, Calvert Cliffs, Thomas
  Point Light, Poplar Island, Fort Smallwood State Park, Pinehurst,
  Gibson Island, Bodkin Point, Chesapeake Beach, Love Point, North
  Beach, Baltimore Light, Romancoke, Matapeake, and Chesapeake Bay
  Bridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 7628 3857 7631 3850 7626 3848 7633
      3836 7625 3832 7641 3870 7655 3902 7641
      3919 7654 3913 7625 3894 7636 3884 7638
      3884 7637 3895 7631 3869 7635 3867 7634
      3876 7631 3872 7630 3860 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 274DEG 53KT 3916 7628 3901 7653 3885 7690

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

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